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The Dangers of Weird Neuroscience
How do psychologists know what they know about human mental processes? Quite often, they run…
Action Video Games Harm the Hippocampus, Right?
Here’s a headline to get your attention: Action video games decrease gray matter, study finds….
Maturation of the Hippocampus
Why do adolescents learn and remember specific information more easily than younger children? We have,…
The Neural Effects of Media Multitasking
If you’re attending Learning and the Brain’s “Merging Minds and Technology” Conference in November, you’re…
Neuroscience and Neuromyths
Does neuroscience education help reduce a teacher’s belief in neuromyths? According to this recent study:…
Lefty or Righty?
You’ve surely heard about students being left-brained or right-brained. And: you’ve probably heard that this…
The Battle of the Sexes, in Headlines
Two articles jumped out at me today because of the illustrative way they clash with…
Memory Training That Really (Sort of) Works
Imagine yourself following a route that you know quite well: perhaps your morning commute. You…
Regions or Networks, Take 2
Just yesterday, I posted some thoughts about “thinking both-ily”; that is, understanding that brain processing…
Brain Regions or Brain Networks?
Here’s an odd brain theory to start off your day: Let’s assume that particular regions…